Novel fluorine containing compounds and process



United States Patent 3,511,868 NOVEL FLUORINE CONTAINING COMPOUNDS AND PROCESS Samuel Gelfand, Niagara Falls, N.Y., assignor to Hooker Chemical Corporation, Niagara Falls, N.Y., a corporation of New York No Drawing. Filed Feb. 26, 1964, Ser.'No. 347,344 Int. Cl. C07c 45/00, 41/00, 69/64 US. Cl. 260-463 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention is directed to fluorine compounds and their preparation by the chlorination of 1-chloro-2- methoxyhexafluorocyclopentene in the presence of a photochemical initiator. The novel fluorine compounds are useful as pesticides or fireproofing agents.

novel compounds as represented by the formula:

wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine and mixtures thereof, n is from 1 to 2; x is from :0 to 1; Z is zero, 1 or 3; w is zero or 1, said w being zero when Z is zero; q is zero or 1, said q being 1 when carbon atoms number 3 and 4 are bonded together by a double bond and Z and n are 1, said It being 2, x being 1 and Z being 3 when carbon atoms 3 and 4 are bonded together by a single bond and carbon atom 3 is bonded to the oxygen atom by a single bond; said n.being 2, x being zero and Z being zero when carbon atoms 3 and 4 are bonded together by a single bond and carbon atom 3 is bonded to the oxygen atom by a double bond; said It being 1, x being zero, and Z being 3 when carbon atoms number 3 and 4 are bonded together by a double bond and carbon atom number 3 is bonded to the oxygen by a single bond. Also included within the present invention are those compounds wherein Z is two and Y is chlorine and hydrogen.

More specifically the novel compounds of the present invention are selected from the group consisting of the compounds as represented by the following formulae:

and mixtures thereof wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, and mixtures thereof.

Illustrative examples of the compounds falling within the scope of the present invention include but are not limited to the following:

The novel compounds of the present invention represented by Formulas I and II are prepared by the chlorination of a compound of the formula Cl O Ha OCCla with a strong acid such as sulfuric acid at a temperature of about degrees centigrade to degrees Centigrade.

The amount of chlorine to be employed will be a function of the degree of chlorination desired and generally is in the range from about 2 moles of chlorine to one mole of the compound l-chloro-Z-methoxy hexafiuorocyclopentene to about 5 moles of chlorine per mole of 1-chloro-2-methoxy hexafluorocyclopentene with a preferred range being 2.5 to 3.5. The molar ratio of acid, i.e. sulfuric acid to C OCCl F will be 1 mole of sulfuric to 1 mole of C OCCl F up to 10 moles of sulfuric to one mole of C OCCl F The reactions occurring are believed to be proceeding in the following manner, but not necessarily in the order given, although it is not intended to be limited by theory.

(1) Successive substitutive chlorination of the hydrogen atoms in the methoxyl group.

(2) Additive chlorination to the double bond between carbon atoms 3 and 4. This reaction is favored by a low temperature.

(3) Chlorinalysis reactions or decomposition reaction with CO cleavage. The compound 1,1,1-dichlorohexafluorocyclopentane-Z-one produced in this manner and l,2-dichlorohexafiuorocyclopentene can also be isolated in this step. A specific reaction for preparing a specific novel compound of the present invention is represented by the following equation.

F2 F2 Cl F2 F2 2 I C 014 C1 C C13 C12 --0 The photochemical light employed for promoting the halogenation reaction may be one of any of the well known commercial light sources which induces or in creases the halogenation reaction such as tungsten filament lamps, ultraviolet lamps, mercury vapor arc lamps, fluorescent lamps, ordinary light bulbs, and the like.

The products obtained by practicing the above-mentioned process are generally separated by any separation method known in the art suchasdistillation, gas chromatography and the like, as will be more fully demonstrated in the working examples.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, 1-chloro-2-methoxyhexafiuorocyclopentene and chlorine are heated together at a temperature from 75 to 90' degrees centigrade in the liquid phase, and in the presence of ultraviolet light, and the resulting mixture is purified by distillation. The reactions occurring may be illustrated by the following specific equations which are not intended to be limiting:

F2 F2 F2 FQF: F2 F2 FQ WFZ Cl OCHClz Cl OCCI C1 =O (I) (II) (III) After separation by distillation techniques, compound II can be converted to the chloroformate by reaction with sulfuric acid. The reaction occurring is illustrated by the following equation:

r2 F, also. M F2 c. o o 01 c. 00001 Further, the compound represented by Number IV can be converted to the oxide by hydrolysis and rearrangement of the products as illustrated by the following equation:

F2 2 Q Hydrolysis F2 Hydrogenation 0C 0 CI C1 C] H 0 F Base F H H H /H l H O As pesticides the compounds of the present invention may be used per se or together with a variety of formulations.

For example, the products purified 0r crude may be combined with other biocides or pesticides, including insecticides, such as DDT, methoxychlor, lindane, aldin, endrin, DDD, BHC, parathion, malathion, methyl parathion, lead arsenate, calcium arsenate, rot'enone, allethrin, pyrethrum, nicotine, summer oils, dormant oils, dinitroalkylphenols, dinitrocresols, chlordane, heptachlor, insecticidal carbamates and organophosphates; chlorinated terpenes, dimeton, thiophosphates and dithiophosphates such as 0,0-dimethyl-S-oxo 1,2,3 benzotriazin 3(4H) ylmethylphosphorodithioate; (0,0-diethyl-O(2-isopropyl-6- methyl-4 -pyrimidinyl)phosphorothioate); the composition marketed under the trademark Dibrom, etc., miticides such as bis (pentachlorocyclopentadienyl), chlorinated arylsulfonates, chlorinated diarylsulfones and the like, fungicides such as sulfur, dithiocarbamates and N- trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2 dicarboximide to list but a few.

It is also desirable to combine the products of this invention with a class of potentiators or synergists known in the insecticidal art as knockdown agents. These substances are insecticides which when combined with other insecticides will shorten the time required, or reduce the amounts of the insecticide necessary to effect total immobilization (knockdown) or death of the insect to be controlled. Among the large number of synergists which may be used for this purpose are the organic thiocyanates and the water soluble organophosphates, such as phosdrin, and (2,3,4-methylenedioxyphenoxy)-3,6,9-trioxaundecane, to name but a few.

As fireproofing agents the compounds of the present invention can be mixed by any one of several methods. The additives can be introduced into the polymer while the latter is dissolved in a suitable solvent. This procedure is especially useful when it is desired to mix the additives during the polymer manufacturing process. When the polymer is subsequently recovered from the solvent, the additives are intimately mixed with the polymer. Usually the additives are mixed with the polymer in the molten state at temperatures that can range from the melting point to the decomposition temperature of the polymer. Alternatively the additives and polymer are dryblended in the finely divided state so that an intimate mixture is obtained upon subsequent molding or extrusion.

The chlorinated compound of the instant invention is desirably incorporated in polymeric materials in the range from about ten to about fifty percent by weight of the polymer composition, preferably from about twenty to about thirty-five percent by weight. An antimony compound can be used in amounts ranging from less than one to about thirty percent by weight of the polymer composition, preferably from about ten to about twenty percent by weight.

In order that those skilled in this art may better understand the present invention, the manner which it may be practiced, the following specific examples are given.

In the specification, examples, and claims parts are by weight and temperatures are in degrees centigrade unless otherwise indicated.

EXAMPLE 1 pressure through a thirty inch long column packed with Ms inch helices.

Boiling Identity iifii i 253i;

Fraction No.:

1 Foreshot 70. 5-73 ND =L4252 31 2 Mainly 0014... 74-77 Nn =1.4242 659 a Intermediate 78. 5-88 ND =1.a720 112 Fr 4 Mainly F q]? sass ND 1.3574 690 5 Intermediate 90454.5 Np =13958 213 F2 6 F[ :F1 155.5156.5 N1)-=1.4045 241 7 F F, 157-157.2 ND =1.4051 183 O1 -O CHGI:

F: s rfim 158459 ND"=1.4058 141 0 Intermediate 160-167 Nn =1.4087 198 F2 10 r fit: 168-169 N1 =1.4129 s27 01 ooo1,

11 Column holdup and residue 1.4347 172 The various main fractions were identified as follows. EXAMPLE 2 Fraction four was identified as 2,2-dichloro-3,3,4,4,5,5- hexafiuorocyclopentanone as follows.

(1) Analysis for total chlorine.-Theoretical for 27.2% chlorine. Found: 26.8% chlorine.

(2) The infrared absorption spectrum showed absorption characteristic for the carbonyl group at 5.5 1.

(3) 50 grams (0.19 mole) of fraction N0. 4 was stirred with 42 grams (0.5 mole) of an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate at 30 degrees centigrade until evolution of carbon dioxide ceased. The reaction mixture was acidified, extracted with three portions of ether, dried, and the ether distilled oil. The residue was distilled at reduced pressure to give 28 grams of product, boiling point 90-92 degrees centigrade at 4.5 millimeters Hg pressure.

A sample was titrated with standard 0.1 normal sodium hydroxide solution. Equivalent weight: Found 264.7. Theoretical for CCl =CFCF -CF CO H: 259.

Clz by followingseries of reactions.)

Fraction 2.-Identified by gas chromatography: From residence time identified .to contain 74.2 percent corbon tetrachloride and 22.4 percent of compound of fraction 4.

600 grams (2.5 moles) of 1-chloro-2-methoxyl1exafluorocyclopentene was chlorinated with 532 grams of chlorine over a 40 hour period and fractionated in a manner similar to Example 1.

The fraction boiling at -156 degrees centigrade N 1.4042 was analyzed for total chlorine.

Percent chlorine.-F0und: 34.7%.

Theory for C HCl F 0 (1-chloro2-dichl0r0meth0xyhexafiuorocyclopentene) 34.2%

The fraction boiling at l69169.5 C. N 1.4123 was analyzed for total chlorine.

Percent chlorine.-Found: 40.0%.

Theory for C Cl F O (l-chloro-2-trichloromethoxyhexafiuorocyclopentene) 41.0%

EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of (2-chlorohexafluorocyclopentem l-yl) chloroformate A mixture of 750 grams (2.18 moles) of 1-chloro-2- trichloromethoxyhexafluorocyclopentene and 750 grams of concentrated sulfuric acid was stirred and heated at 108 centigrade with vigorous evolution of hydrogen chloride. When the HCl evolution slowed the temperature was gradually raised to reflux and the product slowly distilled off and collected. -When the pot temperature reached 171 degrees centigrade distillation ceased and reaction was complete. The crude product was washed with water, dried and distilled, boiling point 126-1265 degrees centigrade at atmospheric pressure, yield 436 grams (88.6%).

The infrared absorption spectrom showed absorption at 5 .5 4; characteristic for the carbonyl group.

Analysis for total chlorine-Calculated for 0 01 1 0 24.6%. Found: 24.4%.

While there have been described various embodiments of the invention, the methods and elements described are not intended to be understood as limiting C OCYs wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and chlorine provided that at least two of said Ys is chlorine.

2. A compound of the formula c: CY wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and chlorine, provided that at least two of said Ys is chlorine.

3. A compound of the formula 4. A process for the preparation of a compound of the formula comprising reacting a compound of the formula Cl O 0013 F F5 F F:

and

Cl- -OCY3 C12- 0 wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and chlorine provided that at least two of said Ys is chlorine, which comprises reacting a compound of the V formula:

CI- 0 CH with about 2 to about 5 moles of chlorine per mole of said compound, said chlorination occurring in the presence of a photo chemical initiator and a temperature of from about 40 degrees centigrade to 150 degrees centigrade.

7. A process which comprises reacting 1-chloro-2-methoxyhexafiuorocyclopentene with from 2 to 5 moles of chlorine per mole of 1 chloro 2 methoxy hexafiuorocyclopentene in the presence of a photochemical initiator and at a temperature of from about 40 C. to 150 C.

8. A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein ultraviolet light is employed as the photochemical initiator.

9. A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein the temperature employed is from about degrees centigrade to about degrees centigrade and wherein the molar ratio of chlorine to 1 chloro 2 methoxyhexafiuorocyclopentene is from about 2.5 to about 3.5.

10. A process for the preparation of 1-chloro-2-trichlor0 methoxy hexafluoro cyclopentene which comprises reacting 1 chloro 2 methoxy hexafluoro cyclopentene with chlorine in the presence of ultraviolet light at a temperature of about 75 degrees centigrade to about 100 degrees centigrade, wherein about 2 to about 5 moles of chlorine per mole of trichloromethoxy reactant are employed.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,712,554 7/1956 Miller 260586 FOREIGN PATENTS 625,287 8/ 1961 Canada.

OTHER REFERENCES Shepard et al.: J. Org. Chem., vol. 23 (1958), pp. 2011-2012.

LORRAINE A. WEINBERGER, Primary Examiner V. GARNER, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

